Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

"Offers the latest findings and research breakthroughs in plant ecology, as well as consideration of classic topics in environmental science and ecology. This wide-ranging compendium serves as an extremely accessible and useful resource for relative newcomers to the field as well as seasoned experts. Investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum, from the leaf to the ecosystem levels." A Uniquely Comprehensive Treatment Of Its Subject, The Handbook Of Functional Plant Ecology Offers The Latest Findings And Research Breakthroughs In Plant Ecology, As Well As Consideration Of Classic Topics In Environmental Science And Ecology. This Wide-ranging Compendium Serves As An Extremely Accessible And Useful Resource For Relative Newcomers To The Field As Well As Seasoned Experts. Handbook Of Functional Plant Ecology Is An Excellent Resource For Plant Ecologists, Botanists, Plant Biologists And Physiologists, Foresters, And Evolutionary Biologists.--jacket. 1. Methods In Comparative Functional Ecology / Carlos M. Duarte -- I. The Role Of Structure And Growth From In Plant Performance. 2. Opportunistic Growth And Desiccation Tolerance: The Ecological Success Of Poikilohydrous Autotrophs / Ludger Kappen And Fernando Valladares. 3. Ecological Significance Of Inherent Variation In Relative Growth Rate And Its Components / Hendrik Poorter And Eric Garnier. 4. Architecture, Ecology, And Evolution Of Plant Crowns / Fernando Valladares. 5. The Structure And Function Of Root Systems / Robert B. Jackson, William T. Pockman And William A. Hoffmann -- Ii. Physiological Ecology. 6. Water Relations And Hydraulic Architecture / Melvin T. Tyree. Edited By Francisco I. Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Offers the findings and research developments in plant ecology, as well as consideration of classic topics in environmental science and ecology. Suitable for relative newcomers to the field as well as seasoned experts, this compendium investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum, from the leaf to the ecosystem levels. The quest to describe the diversity of the extant plants and the identification of the basic mechanisms that allow them to occupy different environments has been the center of scientists' attention from the time of ancient Greece to the present.